Luka Jovic scored the same number of goals in 28 minutes of his second Eintracht Frankfurt debut as he did in a year and a half with Real Madrid.
So, the one conclusion was drawn and it was asked who was the coach who didn't give him a chance at Real Madrid? Zinedine Zidane's detractors have him as the culprit for Jovic's situation, but if Zidane had seen that efficiency, he would have had more minutes.
The first thing to address is that Jovic scoring in the Bundesliga is good news for Real Madrid. He's still their player, and if he can rediscover his form he could return to challenge for the Pichichi in Spain.
The second thing to note is the German side's poor taste. Having signed the player on loan, their tweet saying that "You just had to play him..." is hard to understand. They should have said something else to give a morale boost to their new loan signing.
The third is that Jovic hasn't convinced anyone. Real Madrid need a goalscorer, and they wouldn't have let him leave had they seen anything that suggested he could offer more.
Fourthly, it has to be hoped that his debut wasn't a fluke. Sometimes it's thought that coaches spend their time sucking their thumbs, and that after hours on the training pitch they don't know their players.
Performances of players are consequences of a series of things, but with a forward the only measurable thing is goalscoring statistics.
And Jovic, at Real Madrid, didn't do anything. Let's see at the end of the season if a solution has been found for Los Blancos' problems in front of goal. It's straightforward.
madridrealindia
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guys its maybe 60% zidane's fault in case of jovic ...but 40% is the player problem only .....RM is a big club and there is tremendous amount of pressure ....a player who has played or pi's playing knows that and not every player can live up to that pressure even hazard is struggling to live up to that pressure .....jovic had his chance though very limited but whenever he got the chance he has performed upto the expectations .....and if the player is not performing upto the expectations the team will loose hence brings the coach under pressure so Zidane play benzema more becoz he can handle the pressure and performan well while jovic is young he will take time to play under huge pressure of RM ...
veyikmuyz
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at the end of the day we should stop standing by Zidane who doesn't give more chance to other players to show their abilities on the pitch. I decide just to turn a blind eye on other players and accuse Zidane of being too optimistic on benzema. Despite what he's done I'm sure these other players like Jovic would have shown better if played often as benzema is. it's just crap to come tell us no to turn our back on players and support the coach only. why always Benzema and chase other players that are promising? same with Kroos, Modric, Casemiro, Courtois? and the day they'll be injured then what? we should rebuild the team? No man